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TITLE

In March 1865, George Custer surprised North and South alike with an act of kindness to a

AUTHOR(S)

Kelly, C. Brian

PUB. DATE

October 1999

SOURCE

Military History;Oct99, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p90

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Relates an incident depicting how Major General George Armstrong Custer behaved quite contrarily to the image he had acquired in Virginia. Accounts showing the bravery of Custer; Incidents depicting Custer's alleged cruelty; How residents of Charlottesville and surrounding Albemarle County responded to Custer's death at the Battle of Little Bighorn, Montana.

ACCESSION #

2186591

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